Improvement in gun-wipers



J. P. SIMONS.

'Gun-Wiper.

No. 217.752. Patented July 22,1879.

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JOHN P. SIMONS, OF SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA.

IMPROVEMENT lN GUN-WIPERS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 217,752, dated July 22,1879 application filed November 30, 1878-.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JOHN P. SIMoNs, of San Francisco, in the county ofSan Francisco and State of California, have invented a new and ImprovedGun-WViper, of which the following is a specification.

The object of this invention is to furnish a spring attachment for theswab, by which it will be pressed closely to the sides of the barrel,

and thus efiectually remove all dirt therefrom,

said spring attachment also serving as a scraper for removing the leadthat adheres to the barrel.

It consists of a helical spring, the fixed end attached to a metal stockthat screws into the end of the ramrod. To the said spring is attachedthe cloth forming the swab, so'that when entered into the barrel thespring retracts, but at the same time exerts a continued pressure, andthus causes the swab to take up and remove all accumulations. When usedas a scraper the swab is removed, and the free knife-edge of the springacts on the surface of the barrel and takes off the lead.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a side elevation of myimprovement screwed to a ramrod. Fig. 2 is a vertical section of thesame. Fig. 3 represents an end View of the cloth attachment and scraper.

Similar lettersof reference indicate eorresponding parts.

Referring to the drawings, A represents the ordinary ramrod of a gun, tothe lower end of which is fixed a metal socket, B, with an internalscrew-thread, a. A cylindrical metal stock, C, has at one end a stud, b,with a short screwthreaded portion, 1), and an elongation, 1),containing a hole, 0. At the opposite end of the stock is a similarstud, d, with a hole, d, near its end.

A slot, 0, is out lengthwise in the stock C, and through the segmentthus formed is drilled a hole, coinciding with a hole through the stock,for the passage of a rivet or screw, (indicated by dotted lines 0'.)

A helical spring is represented by the letter D. This is made of a fiatpiece of steel, nearly as wide as the stock is long. The fixed end f ofthis spring is slipped in the slot 0, and confined therein by the rivetor screw 0, passed through a hole therein. The spring D is, of course,of a length proportioned to the diameter of the bore of the gun in whichit is to be used.

The device thus formed is to be used in connection with the ramrod byscrewing the stud b into the end of the rod; or it may be used as afield-wiper by attaching a string to each end in the holes in the endsof studs 1) and d, so that it can be drawn backward and forward throughthe barrel in breech-loaders, 830.

The swab is formed by fixing the cloth to the spring securely. Then,when inserted in the barrel, the spring retracts sufficiently to allowthe swab to be inserted, but keeps it pressed against the sides, so thatevery particle of dirt is removed.

When the barrel is leaded, and it is desirable that it should becleaned, the device is used alone as a scraper, and it will be foundefficient.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secureby Letters Patent As an improvement in gun-wipers, the helical spring D,attached to the stock C, and adapted to be used in connection with theswab, or as a scraper for removing lead and other accretions from thesurface of the bore of a gun or rifle, substantially as described.

JOHN P. SIMONS.

Witnesses:

JACOB J. REENER, JOHN E. HAMILL.

